Study of balusters

It takes a village to raise an object. Here are the people who've been involved with this one:

• Previously owned by Noah Butkin
• Previously owned by Gertrude Chanler
• Previously owned by The Honorable Irwin Boyle Laughlin
• Previously owned by Marius Paulme
• Previously owned by George Hoentschel
• Manufactured by Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, bailli de Breteuil
• Previously owned by Ernest Hébert
• Previously owned by Jacques-Laure Le Tonnelier, bailli de Breteuil
• After Michelangelo Buonarroti
• Jean-Robert Ango
• Donated by Noah Butkin